When the hair color is not harmonious with one’s natural skin and eye colors, it becomes difficult to choose the colors of the make-up and clothing. It seems that everything out of place and although you perceive that something is wrong, it is often not traced back to the wrong hair color! Here are our tips to be able to identify the shades that best suit your chromatic characteristics, thanks to the principles of Armocromia.
They are the frame of the face, just like that of a painting, but if they are the wrong color they do not do justice to the true work of art that is your face. Do you know when looking at a painting your eyes fall more on the frame than on the content? Here this is the effect of a wrong hair color: the face disappears! Each of us has ideal shades to choose from and they can be discovered using the Armocromia.
How to understand natural hair color
It all starts with remembering yours natural hair color: nature is never wrong and if it has given you a certain color it is because it harmonizes well with your skin and eye color. Many women have been dyeing themselves for so long that they forget their true hair color! Base yourself on your photos as a girl, before making any color and keep this starting point in mind because by leaving the root of the hair as similar as possible to the natural one you will have the maximum degree of harmony around the face and with the eyebrows, which is not are to be underestimated when choosing a new hair color. For example, if you have ash-colored (cold) eyebrows and a distinctly golden or coppery (warm) hair, the effect will not be completely harmonious.
How to choose hair color based on complexion
The starting point to know which direction to take to choose a new hair color is your complexion. Knowing the undertone, therefore, whether hot or cold, is essential. The undertone, however, is not always visible to the naked eye because the overtone of the skin, that is the surface as you see it, can be deceiving. For example, it is common to have an overtone tending to yellow but still have a cold undertone, which in fact is what we rely on to choose the colors, not only of hair, but also of make-up. With this undertone test you will be able to understand if you are more into warm or cool hair colors.
Emily Ratajkowski has a warm undertone and is enhanced with a chocolate brown with golden highlights
Hair colors for warm undertones
This category includes Spring women and Autumn women with warm undertones: the former are lighter and more delicate, naturally blond or red; while the latter are darker, naturally dark blond, brown or red.
Hair colors for spring women
The most suitable shades of hair for spring in case you are blonde are golden blondes, strawberry blondes, peaches and light copper reds; if you are natural red you should not alter this rare and beautiful color, rather you can revive and warm it to make it even richer and brighter; if instead you have brown hair it is good not to alter the root but rather illuminate the lengths with hazelnut or auburn shades. The ideal pop hair colors for spring women are sherbet pink, cyclamen purple and turquoise.
Taylor Swift, spring woman, with her natural honey blonde that makes her luminous and hyper-sophisticated
Hair colors for autumn women
Autumn women if natural blondes can warm their blonde by making it golden, strawberry or auburn, if instead they prefer to darken yes to a medium hazelnut, golden or auburn brown. If, on the other hand, they are very intense brown, it is good not to alter the natural color at the root (white hair can be covered by reproducing its own color) but possibly heat it or illuminate it on the lengths with caramel, tobacco, cinnamon or amber tones. The ideal pop hair colors for fall women are peach, turquoise and orchid purple.
Zoey Deutch, autumn woman, beautifully wears a dark copper red that enhances her warm complexion and green eyes
Hair colors such as black, ash, pearl blonde and platinum are too cold and disharmonious on the warm complexions of spring and autumn women, should be avoided.
Hair colors for cool undertones
This category includes Summer women and Winter women: the former are lighter and softer, naturally blond or light brown; while the latter are darker and brighter, with medium to dark brown hair to black.
Hair colors for summer women
The most suitable shades of hair for summer in case you are blond or light brown are cold blondes such as vanilla and pearl or ash; If you have a light blonde base, pastel shades on the lengths, such as pink, lilac, blue or silver, also work well. If you are ash brown you have two ways: lighten the lengths or slightly intensify your brown. In both cases you will stay on cold or neutral shades and not on the golden or copper ones that tend to yellow and age these complexions.
Bianca Balti, summer woman, with her natural light ash brown, in line with her alabaster skin and blue eyes
Hair colors for winter women
The most suitable shades of hair for winter are intense and cold browns, then from ash to black. If the brown winter woman wants to lighten yes to (a few) hazelnut or ash blond lightenings. Starting from a dark and cold base, pop shades on the lengths, such as fuchsia, blue, purple, plum, grenadine and silver, also work well.
Katy Perry, winter woman, with black base (reproduced) and pop purple shades
Golden and auburn hair colors and chocolate are too warm and disharmonious on the cold complexions of summer and winter women, they should be avoided.
How to understand the color of the hair dye?
If you prefer the “do it yourself” color at home on the market there are many lines of hair dyes and almost all of them contemplate a range of colors that includes both warm and cold colors. Remember that compared to the image you see on the product packaging, the color is always a little darker, so to reach the desired shade it is always better to choose the lighter shade. THE warm hair colors they are defined with: golden, copper, titian, bronze, chocolate, chestnut, coffee, tobacco, caramel and amber; the cool hair colors they are defined with: ivory, sand, ash, pearl, platinum, mahogany, cherry, licorice, black and black blue; the neutral hair colors finally they are defined with: honey, almond, hazelnut, walnut and natural.